State ex rel. Voss v. Northwest Local Board of Education

We have stated many times that a writ of mandamus may only be issued where a court finds that the relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for; that respondent is under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act; and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law. State, ex rel. Heller, v. Miller (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 6.

It is abundantly clear that Voss had no right to appeal the board’s decision to grant him a limited contract because the decision was not the product of a quasi-judicial procedure. See DeLong v. Board of Edn. (1973), 36 Ohio St. 2d 62. Consequently, he…